Bluewater vs Yermo

A side-by-side comparison of Bluewater and Yermo: population, income, housing, and more.

Bluewater and Yermo are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Yermo has the higher population (846 vs 144 in Bluewater). Bluewater has the higher median household income ($65,313 vs $56,414 in Yermo). Since 2019, Bluewater's population has grown faster (-11.7% vs -21.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Bluewater	Yermo
Population	144	846
Median age	75.0 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,313	$56,414
Median home value	$79,300	—
Median gross rent	—	$623
Housing units	420	448
Homeownership rate	89.5%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	45.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluewater	Yermo
Population	163 → 144 (-11.7%)	1,082 → 846 (-21.8%)
Median household income	$31,000 → $65,313 (+110.7%)	$49,769 → $56,414 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$27,500 → $79,300 (+188.4%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$531 → $623 (+17.3%)

Bluewater

Population

163144

Median household income

$31,000$65,313

Median home value

$27,500$79,300

Yermo

Population

1,082846

Median household income

$49,769$56,414

Median gross rent

$531$623

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluewater	Yermo
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	5.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	34.5%
45 to 54	3.5%	17.8%
55 to 64	10.4%	17.8%
65 to 74	36.1%	5.6%
75 and over	50.0%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluewater	Yermo
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	78.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	16.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluewater	Yermo
No high school diploma	0.0%	12.1%
High school graduate	41.0%	61.1%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluewater	Yermo
Drove alone	58.6%	81.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	41.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluewater	Yermo
1-unit, detached	5.0%	47.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	48.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	95.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bluewater	Yermo
Poverty rate	5.6%	12.2%
Average household size	1.89	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1984	1949